Summary

Boston Cardiac Foundation (BCF) is a non-profit organization that brings medical technologies and services to less developed countries around the world. It is our mission to provide advanced medical technologies and cardiac care to indigent patients around the world. In addition we aim to carry on educational and ancillary activities related to cardiac care for the indigent.

The BCF team is made up of physicians, nurses and technologists and performs cardiac procedures such as pacemaker implantation free of charge for patients who otherwise would not be able to afford it. Many of these individuals would not survive without these life saving operations. Team members have been traveling around the globe on charitable missions for over 22 years. It is our mission to provide quality healthcare, to those in need, free of charge and better their lives forever.

Mission Statement

"Helping One Heart At a Time"

Boston Cardiac Foundation (BCF) is a non-profit organization that brings medical technologies and services to less developed countries around the world. It is our mission to provide advanced medical technologies and cardiac care to indigent patients around the world. In addition we aim to carry on educational and ancillary activities related to cardiac care for the indigent.

The BCF team is made up of physicians, nurses and technologists and performs cardiac procedures such as pacemaker implantation free of charge for patients who otherwise would not be able to afford it. Many of these individuals would not survive without these life saving operations. Team members have been traveling around the globe on charitable missions for over 22 years. It is our mission to provide quality healthcare, to those in need, free of charge and better their lives forever.

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Overview

Mission Statement

"Helping One Heart At a Time"

Boston Cardiac Foundation (BCF) is a non-profit organization that brings medical technologies and services to less developed countries around the world. It is our mission to provide advanced medical technologies and cardiac care to indigent patients around the world. In addition we aim to carry on educational and ancillary activities related to cardiac care for the indigent.

The BCF team is made up of physicians, nurses and technologists and performs cardiac procedures such as pacemaker implantation free of charge for patients who otherwise would not be able to afford it. Many of these individuals would not survive without these life saving operations. Team members have been traveling around the globe on charitable missions for over 22 years. It is our mission to provide quality healthcare, to those in need, free of charge and better their lives forever.

Background Statement

Boston Cardiac Foundation (BCF) is a non-profit organization that brings medical technologies and services to less developed countries around the world. The BCF team is made up of physicians, nurses and technologist and performs cardiac procedures such as pacemaker implantation free of charge for patients who otherwise would not be able to afford it. Many of these individuals would not survive without these life saving operations. Team members have been traveling around the globe on charitable missions for over 22 years.

Boston Cardiac Foundation team members have performed over 350 pacemaker implants in India over the past 22 years. In addition our team members have assisted in implanting over 300 pacemakers in Paraguay. The ability to perform these procedures is in large part by the generous donations made by the major device companies, Medtronic, St. Jude Medical and Biotronics. These companies have donated over 2 million dollars in equipment and supplies over the past 22 years.

Dr. Midha, founder, is on staff at Melrose Wakefield Hospital, Melrose, MA, Mount auburn Hospital in Cambridge, MA and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He has implanted over 2500 pacemakers over the past 30 years. Our goals remain to help the poor who otherwise may not have survived without these life saving devices.

Impact Statement

Boston Cardiac Foundation team members have performed over 350 pacemaker implants in India over the past 22 years.

CEO Statement

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Board Chair Statement

"Helping One Heart At a Time" is our motto, and that is truly what we are able to do. With the help and donation of devices and time from the pacemakers companies, doctors and nurses, we have been able to help over 650 poor patients by performing heart surgeries one at a time. These patients would not have survived otherwise, and we have been able to save so many lives.

I am privileged and grateful to be in a position to perform the great work that I do. In addition, I share these experiences with other talented medical professionals who have great compassion and a true desire to help the needy. It is a pleasure to see our patients in the follow up clinics and they have such an increased quality of life. I hope I can continue these missions for many years to come.

Geographic Area Served

INTERNATIONAL

We have preformed procedures in New Delhi, and Meerut in Uttar Pradesh, India. We have also preformed procedures in Asuncion, Paraguay. It is our goal to expand our program to include missions to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Kigali, Rwanda.

Our medical advisor, Dr. John O'Mara, is currently working in those regions in Africa. We hope to aid in his efforts to improve quality healthcare in those regions through medical care and education in 2013.

Organization Categories

Health Care - Public Health

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Independent research has been conducted on this organization's theory of change or on the effectiveness of this organization's program(s)

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Programs

India and Paraguay Missions

Boston Cardiac Foundation team members have been traveling to India for the past 22 years. We have done four missions under the funding and support of Boston Cardiac Foundation. In total the team members have implanted 350 pacemaker devices. During our missions we hold clinics in multiple locations to examine patients and determine need for the devices. These clinics are free to the public and each individual is guaranteed a free electrocardiogram and thorough exam by a board certified cardiologist. If we cannot provide any services to the patients, recommendations are made by the cardiologist, and they are referred to and paired with local physicians and hospital representatives on the spot to discuss necessary treatment options. If a pacemaker is warranted, surgery is scheduled and provided absolutely free of charge to the patient. In these clinics we also follow up on past pacemaker implants, providing free examination and maintenance of the devices.

The immediate results of the operations are prevention of death, resolution of medical issues and significantly decrease percentage of comorbidities associated with heart blocks. Most importantly there are happier, healthier patients and families because this one health crisis that has been solved for them. They can now focus their limited resources on their other aspects of life.

Program Long-Term Success

The ultimate change that will be accomplished by this program is that hundreds of lives will be saved. The pacemaker procedure that is provided is a life saving procedure. The recipients of these procedures would have a significantly shortened life span or death without these devices. In addition to the increased life span, they have a significantly improved quality of life.

Program Success Monitored By

Our success is monitored by our patient's return visits to the clinic. The local hospitals in India and Paraguay keep documentation of all patient's receiving devices. The patients are notified when we are returning to the region to provide free clinics. We examine and perform detailed interrogation of all devices when the patient's come to the clinic. We do our best to track down and monitor all recipients. Adjustments are made to any devices that may need it. Unfortunately the free care we provide may be the only care the patient's receive all year long.

Examples of Program Success

Vandana Maini was a skinny, 17 year old high school student who suffered repeated fainting spells when Dr. Salil Midha first met her on a trip to India. Not only did Vandana lack access to quality health care, many of her teachers and peers thought she was faking her blackouts. A visit with Midha and other physicians confirmed Vandana was not a liar. She had a complete heart block, a congenital condition that resulted in a heart rate of 20 to 35 beats per minute, far below the normal 70 beats per minute. On a charitable mission in 1991, Dr. Midha provided Vandana with the life saving treatment she so needed, a pacemaker.

Vandana has gone on to graduate from high school and college, and get married and is able to hold a full time job and support her family. She has had 3 successful battery changes for her pacemaker since 1991.

In February 2012 Boston Cardiac foundation members successfully replaced the failing pacemaker and 2 new leads and she is doing remarkably well. The current battery will keep her alive for over 7-10 years.

CEO/Executive Director/Board Comments

One of the greatest challenges we face is having to funding to complete all the missions we would like to. Another challange we face is the need for increased funding that will be needed to purchase supplies for future missions as donations of medical supplies are becoming harder to obtain. We also face a unique challenge within our staffing. Some years we do not have enough experienced volunteers to accompany us on the missions. And other years we more volunteers than we can afford to take. Finding a balance is tough at times.

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Foundation Comments

Financial summary data in the charts and graphs above is per the organization's IRS Form 990s. Contributions from foundations and corporations are listed under individuals when the breakout was not available. The Boston Cardiac Foundation Inc. (BCF) started in 2011, as such, a 6 month Form 990 (covering June 24th, 2011 - Dec. 31st, 2011) is posted above and is not included in the charts and graphs.

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Impact

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